Mrs. Binn's Art Room

Hello and welcome! I am a visual art teacher at a public charter elementary school in Minnesota. I teach art to over 500 students, kindergarten through fifth grade during the school year. I also teach summer art classes to all grades. I hope you enjoy my students' work and ideas for lessons.

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We always love learning about artist Jim Dine the week leading up to Valentines Day. The students are using mixed media to make their own colorful hearts.

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In third grade we learned about the plants and animals of the rainforest. We read Jan Brett’s “The Umbrella and drew rainforests of our own!

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In kindergarten we learned about the solar system. The students created a collage of an astronaut on the moon. This project was great practice for our drawing, cutting, painting, and gluing skills!

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In 2nd grade we are learning about architecture. The students designed their own blueprints of the house of their dreams.

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It’s critique day in 5th grade! We are in the middle of our art from Japan unit. We recently learned about anime and manga and designed a character inspired by some of the clips of Miyazaki films we watched. Doing a class critique builds students’ confidence and ability to receive feedback on their work.

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We are making city collages in kindergarten and 1st grade. This project provides great practice for our painting, drawing, cutting, and gluing skills!

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Kindergarten clay pinch pots are being made in the art room!

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The third graders learned about Notan Design and made collages with black and white paper.

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Kindergarten snowy houses.

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Second clay project of the year is under way! The fifth graders are making pencil holders using the coil building method.

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Geometric shape robots from first grade!

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Snowmen at night! ☃️ K-2

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Drawing and painting the Taj Mahal today in 4th grade! 🎨

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In kindergarten we read Eric Carle’s “Mister Seahorse” and made colorful tie-dye seahorses with wet tissue paper. This project was great practice for our drawing, painting, cutting, and gluing skills.

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We made happy winter penguins in first grade. This project is great practice for our drawing, cutting, gluing, and painting skills!

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Fourth grade terra cotta soldiers are displayed in the hallway today!

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New student artwork displayed in the hallway! 🎨